Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units

(1) The director shall be appointed by the council and shall serve at their pleasure; but the director shall not be removed unless he has received from the council a notice of intention to remove him and the reasons therefor and unless a public hearing has been held on the charge…

(1) An urban services district may be created in accordance with the procedures of KRS 65.810. (2) The Governor shall, immediately upon certification that the district has been established, appoint five (5) qualified persons as members of the council.

A civil service system for employees of the district may be established by the council in accordance with the plan outlined for cities of the first class or a consolidated local government under KRS 90.110 to 90.230.

(1) The area of a city or of another district may be added to the area of an urban services district by an agreement between the district council and the legislative body of the city or governing board of another district. Territory in an unincorporated area may be added to the u…

If, in the event of expansion of the district, it becomes apparent that the existing name is inappropriate, then the board of the district may change its name at any regularly-called meeting, by an affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) majority of the total membership.

As used in KRS 108.090 to 108.180 unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "District" means emergency ambulance service district; (2) "Board" means the board of directors of the emergency ambulance service district; (3) "County" means the incorporated and unincorporated areas t…

For the purpose of enabling cities or counties, or parts thereof, to provide emergency ambulance service to assure public safety and welfare the General Assembly does hereby allow all of the territory coterminous with the boundaries of a city or county, or coterminous with the bo…

(1) A district may be created by the fiscal court as provided in KRS 65.182. In the event that the citizens of a city seek to create a district the boundaries of which shall be coterminous with those of the city, or which lie wholly within the boundaries of said city such citizen…

(1) It is the intent of this section to create an alternative means of creating an ambulance service district in any city or county of the Commonwealth which has not heretofore created the same. (2) In all counties where a county or city-county ambulance service has not been esta…

Quorum -- Removal of board members. (1) The affairs of the district shall be controlled and managed by a board of directors appointed by the county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court and city legislative bodies in the following manner: (a) If the district consi…

The board of each district shall comply with the provisions of KRS 65A.010 to 65A.090.

(1) Each director, before entering upon his official duties, shall take and subscribe to an oath that he will honestly, faithfully and impartially perform the duties of his office and that he will not be interested in any contract let for the purpose of effectuating any of the pr…

(1) The board may employ or retain a licensed attorney to advise them on all matters pertaining to their duties. The attorney shall attend all meetings of the board, except executive sessions when the board does not require his presence. (2) The board may appropriate out of the f…

The board of directors shall provide ambulance service to inhabitants of the district and shall have the authority to: (1) Purchase ambulance vehicles and all other necessary equipment and employ trained personnel which meet all federal and state requirements; (2) Establish a civ…

The board shall keep a minute book, appropriately bound and marked, in which the minutes of each meeting of the board shall be kept, together with all resolutions, regulations, tax levies, and other pertinent material. A copy of the contents of the minute book shall be kept on fi…

Single city or county districts may be dissolved in the following manner: (1) Upon the filing of a certified petition of a number of registered voters equal to or greater than twenty-five percent (25%) of the average of the voters living in the taxing district and voting in the l…

Multicounty or multicity districts may be dissolved when each member county or city follows procedures defined in KRS 108.160.

district. (1) If the people in an unincorporated area desire to become part of an existing ambulance service district, a certified petition of a simple majority, or one hundred (100) or more qualified voters, whichever is less, within the unincorporated area, as set out in metes …

Any member city or county or unincorporated area of the district may withdraw its membership after following the procedures defined in subsections (1), (2), and (3) of KRS 108.160. The district shall continue to function after such withdrawals, with its boundaries consisting of t…